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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Superluminal
Lowe's ABS PVC cold air intake made for $6. Put out more power on the dyno than the AEM cold air, or whatever their top end intake is, probably because the plastic doesn't retain heat like the aluminum from the AEM. This was 5 years ago.


That I can attestify too! I had one on my 96LS mx6. PVC doesn't get as hot in the engine bay as a aluminum intake. Like superluminal it's been dyno proven on most cars to work better! Hella cheap too!


I broke the timming belt tensioner castin on the block on my 96 mazda mx6 ls. We jb welded the casting back together let it dry and lightly tapped it with a tap. When I put the bold back in I globbed it up with more jb weld...let it sit then the next day walah...she ran....thank god for non interference motors!
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Nrctc3
Do a search for it, I posted a full thread about it with tons of pictures.
Chuck (with the Viper) was also there, I'm sure he remembers.
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 11:21 PM
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Bolt on my alternator, for the main line vibrated off or something, on a 110mph run, at 3am, in the middle of fuck nowhere Georgia. So I'm running along the freeway, and of course every single waring light lights up and may damn car starts beeping at me. So I start flipin' and pull of at the next exit and into a strip mall parking lot and pop the hood, car still running and see this massive ark to my hood and the rubber boot on the wire catch's fire.

So, being the genius I am, I slap the fire to put it out. Then I shut off the car, and grabbed the duct tape, taped the line back to alternator. Then drove to a hotel and crashed.
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 02:40 AM
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Originally Posted by AcidicFate
Bolt on my alternator, for the main line vibrated off or something, on a 110mph run, at 3am, in the middle of fuck nowhere Georgia. So I'm running along the freeway, and of course every single waring light lights up and may damn car starts beeping at me. So I start flipin' and pull of at the next exit and into a strip mall parking lot and pop the hood, car still running and see this massive ark to my hood and the rubber boot on the wire catch's fire.

So, being the genius I am, I slap the fire to put it out. Then I shut off the car, and grabbed the duct tape, taped the line back to alternator. Then drove to a hotel and crashed.
duct tape ftw
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 06:03 AM
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best one ever......
my freind has a 1972 VW superbeatle it had no back seat at All so when he got it we threw an old couch with a beenbag chair in the back. its really comfortable too . then we had to figure out how to fix his exhaust....it broke off right after the muffler... so we found and old water line and clamped it on... it hasnt come off yet
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 06:21 AM
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Originally Posted by jcamaroguyb3
best one ever......
my freind has a 1972 VW superbeatle it had no back seat at All so when he got it we threw an old couch with a beenbag chair in the back. its really comfortable too . then we had to figure out how to fix his exhaust....it broke off right after the muffler... so we found and old water line and clamped it on... it hasnt come off yet

Haha, I've always wanted to do something like that to an old POS beater. Rip all the seats out and put some random crap in there.
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 06:34 AM
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the best thing bout those old beetles is that they have the engine in the back.. we can get like 5 or 6 guys on the back bumper and make it wheelie
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 10:33 AM
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there have been way way way too many ghetto fixes i've done to cars.
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 05:45 PM
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Let's see

blew the speakers in my car so i put in some home speakers .

Lost the glass sunroof on i-275 ,used a pizza box garbage bag and a whole lot of ducktape to keep it enclosed so the rian didn't come in .Later switched to a piece of plxiglass and a drill to bolt it to the roof .

used bondo to fill in rust holes

Used speaker whire to hold up my exaust pipe after it broke from the cat .later switched to a wire hanger after i melted the speaker wire off .

Got a flat on i-275 had no moneys ,but had a bolt and some silicone in the tool box .Put some silicone on the bolt and screwed it in and filled up the tire with a old foot pump off my biike .took forever to fill but worked .

used a bungy cord to hold my door closed when the lock broke . Useto use a screw driver to open my trunk .Hot wired my car for over a year to start it .All three of these is because someone decided to steel my system out of my car .
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 09:23 PM
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oil level on my brothers car was too high, didnt feel like getting under the car to drain it out so i put a vacuum line down the dipstick hole and sucked some out with a fog machine
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